2 Corinthians 12:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it would leave me,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Three times I called upon the Lord and besought [Him] about this and begged that it might depart from me;

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

Common English Bible

⁸ I pleaded with the Lord three times for it to leave me alone.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Because of this, three times I petitioned the Lord that it might be taken away from me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ For which thing thrice I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me.

2 Corinthians 12:8 Cross References

Leviticus 13:58

But the cloth, warp or woof, or anything of skin from which the disease disappears when you have washed it shall then be washed a second time, and it shall be clean.

Acts 11:10

This happened three times; then everything was pulled up again to heaven.

Romans 8:26

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with groanings too deep for words.

Hebrews 5:7

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.

1 Samuel 15:11

“I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not carried out my commands.” Samuel was angry, and he cried out to the Lord all night.